Around Town
MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL: Iola’s Glacier Wood Golf Course is offering free play for mothers on May 11.
POLASEK ON BISON: Hear Iola’s Tim Polasek, head coach of the North Dakota State Bison football team, wax eloquently about his team here.
WINNERS: A list of all the Scandinavia Volunteer Fire Department spring fundraiser winners is: 1st Beretta A300 12 ga.; Steven Schwitzer; 2nd Mossberg Patriot .308 Kris Olynick; 3rd Wis Dells Wilderness resort trip Caleb Hamm; 4th Winchester SuperX 12ga John Van Abel ; 5th Blackstone Propane Grill Kyle Brown ; 6th Taurus G2C pistol Ward Much; 7th $250 Cash Bob Zietlow; 8th Igloo Trailmate Cooler Daryl Swenson; 9th Iola Sentry Gift Card John Van Abel ; and, 10th Iola Sentry Gift Card George Cuha.
SCANDINAVIA PUBLIC LIBRARY: Jenny Lawson’s “Broken (in the best possible way” is the Book of the Month. The discussion of it will be on Tuesday, May 27, starting at 3:15 p.m. for Fika. Contact the library for copies of the book or go through InfoSoup to place a hold on a copy.
BOOK SALE: The Scandinavia Public Library will hold a book sale on Friday, May 15, from 1-6 p.m. and Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Job Opportunities
IOLA-SCANDINAVIA SCHOOL DISTRICT: Looking for an Elementary School special education assistant. The hours are Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Responsibilities include working with students, assisting teachers in the classroom, playground duty, and other duties set by the district.
Please apply online using this link.
Around the County
HIGHWAY 10 WRONG-WAY DRIVER: On Sunday, April 27, at 8:58 p.m. the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of U.S. Highway 10 near Airport Rd. One minute after the initial report, the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a crash on U.S. Highway 10 eastbound east of Churchill Street. The westbound wrong-way driver collided head-on with an eastbound vehicle. Theda Star medical helicopter transported a 62-year-old male driver of the struck vehicle to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A 23-year-old male wrong-way driver was transported to a local hospital due to non-life-threatening injuries sustained.
